Dear Kids – What’s In a Name?

We spent a lot of time thinking about what to name you guys. We thought about first names, middle names, and nicknames. We thought about how your names would sound with your last name and how they would sound said together. We thought about family names, unique names, and names with cool meanings. We thought about your names before either of you were conceived and we thought about them while we were waiting for you to arrive.

Three names: first, middle, and last. After so much time, thought, and love devoted to crafting your unique and precious names, what do we do? We only use them all when we are really, really mad at you. Ain’t that a kick in the teeth?